Wow, just, wow. Again. The way she glides over those falsetto notes in the chorus. Mindblower.
Adele – Promise This (Cheryl Cole Cover)Rating: 8.5
Wow, just, wow. Again. The way she glides over those falsetto notes in the chorus. Mindblower.
Adele – Promise This (Cheryl Cole Cover)Rating: 8.5
Can’t front, I’ve had this on repeat literally all day. Maybe played it twenty times by now. The original “Hometown Hero” is great, the beat which features a sample Adele’s “Hometown Glory” on the hook is really killer but live with a live band/vocal (SF’s Grillade) on top it just takes the song to this just really powerful place. I mean, you really feel the song’s sentiment, it’s very very immediate. The guitar, K.R.I.T.’s flow, the vocal quality, it all draws you in, pulls at you to the studio where this session was cut, to the place where K.R.I.T. first put pen to the song’s rhymes, to your own home, your place of birth. All of that once. It’s amazing.
Big K.R.I.T. – Hometown Hero (Feat. Grillade) (Live K.R.I.T. Wuz Here Session)Rating: 8.0
Two of the most soulful forces in the universe collide on this mindblower of a remix. Freddie Joachim is one of our fav remixers; his work with tracks from Alicia Keys, Nas, and Esthero are just a few of his mixes we’ve covered. Little Dragon’s “Twice” is a personal fav here at b3sci so link up Freddie and with it and you’re talking some serious shit. The beat in the mix is sort of reminiscent of 90’s R&B, the thin snare, the busy hi-hats (think Darkchild). The added synth layers introduce, among other stylistic elements, jazz tones with tinges of vibraphone. Over the added instrumentation, Yukimi’s voice takes on this other-worldly quality. What was once this earthy, visceral, elemental thing is transformed and transported.
Little Dragon – Twice (Freddie Joachim Remix)Rating: 8.4
Lately, the only music-related experience that seems greater than hearing Adele on record is hearing her live. Holy shit.
Adele – One and Only (Live at Tabernacle, London)Rating: 9.0
Totally. Fucking. Killer. We finally got our hands on at least a radio rip of this five-alarm heatrock. Our man Armand goes in on the Bag Raiders’ blogosphere #1 and straight murders it. Get your own dancin’ hands (and feet) on it below.
Bag Raiders – Sunlight (Armand Van Helden Remix)Rating: 8.6
Bombay Bicycle Club’s Jack Steadman recently did this re-flip of the David’s Lyre track “In Arms”. Talk about a winner! Mr. Steadman takes the best parts of the original track (vocal melodies, vocal rhythms) and puts them over some of the best bits of current UK electro (poppy drums, glitched up percussive vocal samples, r&b/house influenced synth tones). The result is one million pound megatron bomb of a track. Get into it below!
David’s Lyre – In Arms (Jack Steadman Remix)Rating: 8.2
CurT@!N$ goes ham all over this souped up new Ibe-produced track, lifted off the equally dope “Killer Tape”.
CurT@!N$ – Maniac (Feat. Kendrick Lamar & Chace Infinite)Rating: 8.1
PB&J turn up the grit, turn up the pop hooks and turn down the goofy synth noodling on this strong return. “Second Chance” finds the band back in a similar lane to their breakthrough LP Writer’s Block rocking some ridiculously catchy hooks, killer countermelodies and harmonies, and toe-tapper rhythms.
Peter Bjorn & John – Second ChanceRating: 8.1
Picked up this new remix of blahblahblahscience’s song of the year off Annie Mac’s show on Fri. Annie Mac wasn’t DJ’ing, two other British blokes were, but this huge remix was the standout of the show.
Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Villa Remix)Rating: 8.5
Paperwolf is an electronic artist out of DC. He/She just dropped an excellent new EP titled “1993” via Bandcamp. Give the dope song “Good Morning Summer” a spin below.
Paperwolf – Good Morning SummerRating: 7.7
LA’s Funeral Party are one of our favorite new bands. The band’s blend of killer melodies and kinetic beats have us bowled the fuck over. The band releases tomorrow their “Live at the BBC” EP, a recording of a set the band recently did across the pond PLUS some pretty sick bonus Dave Sitek remixes. So look out for that, and in the meantime check the sweet tune for “Carwars” below.
Funeral Party – CarwarsRating: 8.6
“Jen and Soda” is 1 of 6 new slow jams on Mux Mool’s “Drum 2” EP. The set features some pretty smooth hip-hop influenced electronica, cool beats, hushed atmospheres, all that. But also, all 6 songs on the EP were composed and recorded on AIRPLANES! SICK!
Mux Mool – Jen and SodaRating: 8.2
